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Gorham town, Ontario County, NY

4,093 Population
48.8 square miles 83.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±8.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ontario County: 44.2 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,043 ±$10,636 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Ontario County: $46,303 ±$1,068
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,874 ±$8,303 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ontario County: $82,324 ±$3,039
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.4% ±3.6% (383  ±145) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Ontario County: 9% † 9,812 (±0.9% / ±1,020)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.2 minutes ±2.3 (33,185  ±6,085) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Ontario County: 22.3 1,032,620 (±0.7 / ±40,612)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,800 ±174 Number of households
  • Ontario County: 48,311 ±558
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (4,045  ±20) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ontario County: 2.2 108,294 (±0 / ±175)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

15.6% ±8.8% (99  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Ontario County: 6.5% † 1,539 (±1% / ±227)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,280 ±194 Number of housing units
  • Ontario County: 53,379 ±120
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$263,300 ±$27,206 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ontario County: $222,900 ±$5,079
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±4.1% (445  ±163.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Ontario County: 11.2% 12,534 (±0.9% / ±990.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.3% ±6.7% (2,744  ±319.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ontario County: 93.5% 75,876 (±2.1% / ±1,693.7)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.3% ±4.7% (838  ±161.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ontario County: 38% 30,815 (±1.3% / ±1,055.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% ±1.4% (106  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ontario County: 4.4% 4,941
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±2.8% (247  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ontario County: 7% 6,365 (±0.4% / ±399)
  • about double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
247 Total veterans ±93 247 Male ±93 N/A Female ±14

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